- News of the World publishes photograph of the alleged middle man, Mazhar Majeed, counting wads of banknotes given to him by a reporter posing as a front man for a betting syndicate. Majeed is later bailed.

August 30

- There are suggestions that Butt, Aamer and Asif could be withdrawn from the Pakistan team to ensure that two Twenty20 internationals in Cardiff go ahead.

August 31

- Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) says it will not suspend its players while investigations continue.

- Butt, Aamer and Asif summoned to meet the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Ijaz Butt, and the Pakistan high commissioner, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, in London.

September 2

- Salman Butt, Aamer and Asif dropped from the Twenty20 games.

- The three vow to clear their names, according to Hasan, who adds that they are pulling out of the tour because of the "mental torture" of the scandal.

- ICC charges Butt, Aamer and Asif with various offences under its anti-corruption code. All three are provisionally suspended.

September 3

- Ronnie Flanagan, chairman of the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, tells reporters: "The conclusion that we have come to is that there is a really arguable case to answer."

September 4

- Pakistan one-day skipper Shahid Afridi apologises for the "spot-fixing" row, saying: "On behalf of these boys -- I know they are not in this series -- I want to say sorry to all cricket lovers and all the cricketing nations."

- News of the World claims a fourth Pakistan player is being probed over the claims, but declines to name him for "legal reasons".

September 5

- News of the World releases footage of Pakistan Test player Yasir Hameed in which he claims team-mates "were doing it (fixing) in every match".

- ICC launches investigation into the third one-dayer at The Oval -- won by Pakistan -- after receiving information from the Sun tabloid on allegedly pre-arranged scoring patterns. It later emerges that the ICC tried to persuade the ECB to call off the Oval match shortly before the start.

- Chairman of non-league English football club Croydon Athletic David Le Cluse, 44, found dead from gunshot wounds in a garage near his home in Sutton, south of London. The owner of the club is Mazhar Majeed.

October 13

- The ICC says there is no evidence of corruption in the third one-day international between Pakistan and England.

- Salman Butt denies allegations he was involved in a spot-fixing scam, saying: "I have not done anything such as this in all my life or cricketing career".

January 11

- After six days of evidence, a three-man independent anti-corruption tribunal, meeting in Qatar, decides to delay an announcement of its findings until February 5.

February 3

- The British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says it will announce on Friday whether the trio of cricketers face legal action in England following a separate investigation by London's Metropolitan Police.